RE: Tempest MG menu button don't work.

        I'm starting to think I'm going nuts. I can't get that menu
button to do
        anything. It's just 2 pins sticking out of the card. Solder
wires, attach button, push
button -- no menu. Nothing happens at all.

I experienced the same...I couldn't wait until I installed the reset
adapter to
play the multi-game, so I used a switch also...but no luck. I installed
the reset
adapter and it works fine. I just dismissed it after that since it works
by
pressing PLYR 1 & 2, the way I wanted it to. Don't get me wrong, I'm
very
satisfied. : )

Todd Miller, LAN Administrator
Ron Weber and Associates
103 E. State Street, Mason City, IA 50401
(515)423-4293/(515)423-4594 FAX
http://www.telethinking.com

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Christopher X. Candreva [SMTP:chris@westnet.com]
        Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 10:05 PM
        To: vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu
        Subject: Tempest MG menu button don't work.

        I'm starting to think I'm going nuts. I can't get that menu
button to do
        anything.

        It's just 2 pins sticking out of the card. Solder wires, attach
button, push
        button -- no menu. Nothing happens at all.

        Check solder. Check continuity on wires. In desperation, check
for 5 volts
        at button terminals when not pressed, 0 when pressed. Yup, got
it.

        Clay -- is the menu button just hooked to reset, or does the
program
        actually check it ? I didn't change my DIP switch settings, but
everything
        else works fine, including Vortex and Aliens. If I understand
how it works,
        the switches shouldn't effect the menu button.

        -Chris

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Received on Wed Aug 25 07:22:44 1999